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Twist Style Friday: Cahoots

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Published on Friday, 24 October 2014 00:29

Every Friday we feature one of the garments from the magazine in a post about styling. We suggest different ways to wear the garment in question using mock-ups from Polyvore. We encourage readers to tell us what they think about these outfits via our Facebook page or Twitter, and if folks want to make their own outfits, please tweet them at us with the hashtag #twiststyle. You can find all of the Style Friday posts here.

Happy Friday fashion fans!! It's been full on sweater weather here lately (and leather weather, velvet weather, sweater-tights weather... all the best kinds of weather) and I have been so happy to be pulling out my handknits and boots. I don't even mind the bit of rain.

Fall happens fast, so I'm doing my best to relish these days; walking home from work and eating my lunch outside. I want to breathe all the air while it doesn't hurt my lungs. It makes me want to listen to fiddle tunes and darn socks and stay up too late so I don't miss it.

Cahoots is the perfect cardigan for this time of year. She's cute and shaped enough to look adorable with whatever outfit you have on, but she is also thick and cozy enough to hold off jacket-wearing until the mercury falls just a little bit further.

Snuggly and sweet, right? You could totally wear this over jeans and a t shirt, and the neckline is high enough to work with a collared shirt as well, so you could blazer it too. In this color though, with those bright buttons, Cahoots was calling to me. She said, "make me pretty!"

One of the best ways of keeping a pretty dress and sweet cardigan from looking overly twee is to butch it up a little with your shoe choice. A little gender-blending can add an edge to an outfit that's otherwise potentially toothache causing. So pick yourself a nice brogue, or a chelsea boot to go with your frock, and get outside where the leaves are falling!

Twist Style Friday: Calais

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Published on Friday, 17 October 2014 09:44

Every Friday we feature one of the garments from the magazine in a post about styling. We suggest different ways to wear the garment in question using mock-ups from Polyvore. We encourage readers to tell us what they think about these outfits via our Facebook page or Twitter, and if folks want to make their own outfits, please tweet them at us with the hashtag #twiststyle. You can find all of the Style Friday posts here.

I wore pants to a party last weekend and someone asked me if it was because I'd lost a bet. They weren't saying that I didn't look great (I did), just that they had literally never seen me dressed that way, and so there had to be some kind of justification for it. Incidentally, there was. My actual party outfit was well, minimal, and it was cold, and I rode my bike to the party. The sweater, stretchy jeans, and boots ensemble I arrived in was just my transportation outfit.

Still, this exchange has been making me think about how much a particular *look* (or a few variations on a theme) can be almost like a uniform. Our clothes can be part of how we show ourselves to the world, and also give others information about who we are and how we want to be perceived.

As someone who moves through the world as a woman, and as someone pretty sensitive, I think about balancing strength and vulnerability a lot. I often think of my clothing, makeup, and accessories as armor that I wear to feel protected.

Twist Style Friday: Akebia

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Published on Thursday, 09 October 2014 19:48

Every Friday we feature one of the garments from the magazine in a post about styling. We suggest different ways to wear the garment in question using mock-ups from Polyvore. We encourage readers to tell us what they think about these outfits via our Facebook page or Twitter, and if folks want to make their own outfits, please tweet them at us with the hashtag #twiststyle. You can find all of the Style Friday posts here.

Last weekend I took a very last minute and poorly planned trip to Montreal. I lived in that town for 9 years, so many of my top humans are there. I was only in town for about a day and a half, so I didn't even tell many of my loves that I was going to be around, there just wasn't enough time to make plans to see everyone. On a long shot, I asked some of the ladies that I used to knit with all the time if they were free for lunch. By some magic, they were all available, and so Kate, Sue, Leah and I had a wonderful lunch in Mile End. Kate showed up wearing Akebia, and I kind of fell in love with it.

Aside from the gorgeous colorwork, the simple shape, and the contrast hems, what really got me was how light the sweater was. It's knit at a tight enough gauge to have a bit of structure, but it feels like a feather.

It's an amazing lightweight warm layer and it's so so pretty. I can't wait to see the color combinations that knitters choose. I would want it in a warm neutral and a bright, maybe a light sandy brown and a coral-y pink?

In these colors, I think a pop of red brings out the contrast hems, and silver toned jewelry complements the neutrals.

How will you wear Akebia?

Designer Post: Latifolia

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Published on Wednesday, 08 October 2014 21:30

Today's post comes to us from Tori Seierstad, and you can also find it here, on her blog. She is the designer of the lovely Latifolia mittens and hat set from our newest issue, as well as this amazing yoked sweater. She uses positive and negative space in brilliant ways that make colorwork gorgeous and modern. Enjoy!

When I designed this set, I was thinking of the paper decorations we made as kids - with black and white paper, cutting out motifs in black, then gluing them to the white paper to get a mirrored motif. Makes sense?

The yarn here is Dale Cotinga, a blend of merino and alpaca.

Here's the sample I made from the yarn Twist collective chose, O-Wool's Legacy DK, 100% merino, which is also a nice yarn, a little thinner than the Dale Cotinga (as I suggested, to get a nicer drape for the hat). I like the colour they chose for me too!

Here's me wearing the sample, before sending it off to the US. You can see some snow in the background, but I did not really need hat and mittens that day.

And here's the main photo on Twist Collective's page.

It's a fabulous issue, see the patterns on Twist Collective. I find it impossible to choose a favourite.

Twist Style Friday: Caledonia

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Published on Friday, 03 October 2014 10:03

Every Friday we feature one of the garments from the magazine in a post about styling. We suggest different ways to wear the garment in question using mock-ups from Polyvore. We encourage readers to tell us what they think about these outfits via our Facebook page or Twitter, and if folks want to make their own outfits, please tweet them at us with the hashtag #twiststyle. You can find all of the Style Friday posts here.

It's Friday again! Are you excited? I am writing this while packing a bag, because I'm taking a tiny vacation this weekend to my old haunt, Montreal. It'll be a whirlwind weekend, but I'm hoping to catch a glimpse of Twist's fearless leader, the lovely Kate. I hope to get a lot of knitting done on the trip, with my major projects right now being Perfect Storm and Ravenscrag, that is some serious chart following, and I sometimes have trouble with reading charts in a moving vehicle. I might have to cast on for a plain sock or something of that nature before I leave. Yes, I should definitely start a sock.

Today we are looking at Caledonia. It's a DK weight cardigan, hefty enough to keep the chill away, but still light enough to be a layering piece without adding bulk.

The cable and lace pattern is super lovely, and the square neckline brings attention to your collarbones and your cute face.

This week I was thinking about variations on a theme, and you'll see that reflected in the sets below.

The above set is all about cherry hued footwear and geometric jewelry. Below you'll see boyish shoes and printed pants. Even within a super narrow set of parameters, there are so many lovely ways to wear this pretty cardigan.